Isn’t this interesting, The Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting that global cooling is actually under way, not global warming. What will Al Gore say? What page or chart will Al direct us to that contradicts this premise? I can’t wait for Al’s rant telling the world that The Old Farmer’s Almanac doesn’t know what the hell they are talking about. Hell I thought Al invented The Farmer’s Almanac.

Based on the same time-honored, complex calculations it uses to predict weather, the Almanac hits the newsstands on Tuesday saying a study of solar activity and corresponding records on ocean temperatures and climate point to a cooler, not warmer, climate, for perhaps the next half century.

“We at the Almanac are among those who believe that sunspot cycles and their effects on oceans correlate with climate changes,” writes meteorologist and climatologist Joseph D’Aleo. “Studying these and other factor suggests that cold, not warm, climate may be our future.”

Ah yes, and I’ve beat AL Snore to the punch this time. I’m selling global cooling offset credits. All of you using Air conditioners and refrigerators, you can buy your credits from me – each time you open your refrigerator you contribute to global cooling which will certainly cause an ice age so buy your global cooling “red” credits from me.

Maggie on
September 12th, 2008 3:21 pm

lol Katablog..

lynn on
October 14th, 2009 2:47 pm

You’re misinterpreting both how Global Warming is defined and the Almanac. First, GW is an “average” warming of the earth’s surface temp; this is measurable and has warmed 1.4 degrees [on average]. This is obviously demonstrated by many visible events, such as artic and glacial melting at an alarming rate. I mean, just look at the ice caps for yourself – are they growing? GW causes “extreme” weather. This doesn’t mean that it isn’t cold outside and there are no rainstorms. Second, the Almanac also stated the following, which you all left out:

“We say that if human beings were not contributing to global warming, it would become real cold in the next 50 years,” Hale said.